Here are some answers to investor FAQs.
1. Company Profile,History
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When was your company founded?
Our company was founded on August 23, 1952.
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Please tell me how your company was founded.
In 1952, Dr Jin Imachi, a researcher at Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co. (now Toshiba Corp.) foresaw a promising future in vacuum technology and founded a company by obtaining an investment of one million yen worth of pocket money from each of the following five business leaders in the Kansai Region: Mr. Konosuke Matsushita (then President of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.), Mr. Yoshio Osawa (then Executive Chairman of Osawa & Co.), Mr. Aiichiro Fujiyama (then President of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and President of Dainippon Sugar Production Co., later elected as a member of the House of Representatives, and posted to various high offices such as Minister of Foreign Affairs), Mr. Tamesaburo Yamamoto (then President of Asahi Breweries, Ltd.), and Mr. Gen Hirose (then President of Nippon Life Insurance Co.); as well as Mr. Yoshijiro Ishikawa (President of Keifuku Electric Railway Co. and the first president of ULVAC).
In the early years of foundation, ULVAC engaged in the importation and sale of products of NRC (National Research Corporation), an American vacuum equipment manufacturer. In 1954, ULVAC succeeded in shifting to domestic production of vacuum equipment. -
Please tell me about the origin of the name of your company
ULVAC is a coinage derived from “Ultimate in Vacuum” by combining the UL in “Ultimate” and the VAC in “Vacuum.” The meaning is “to pursue the ultimate in vacuum technology.”
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Please tell me about the history of your company thus far.
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Where is your head office located?
It is located at 2500 Hagisono, Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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Where is your place of business located?
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Please show me your organizational chart.
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I would like to be informed of your subsidiary company.
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What companies are your affiliated corporations? With which corporations is your company associated?
Our company is associated with a total of 32 companies including ULVAC TECHNO, Ltd., ULVAC KYUSHU CORPORATION, and ULVAC TOHOKU, Inc. Please see below for the company names, description of business, and links to these companies.
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Please inform me of the background of your president, Mr. Iwashita
- Birth date: February 4, 1953 - Experience: March 1984 Joined the Company August 1992 Manager of Beijing Business Office and Shanghai Business Office, Overseas Operation Division September 1995 Director and ChiefExecutive Officer of ULVAC (NINGBO) CO., Ltd. July 1998 General Manager of Chinese Region,Asia Division of the Company March 2006 Director and Chief Executive Officer of ULVAC (CHINA) HOLDING CO., LTD. October 2006 Chairman of ULVAC (Shanghai) Trading Co.,Ltd.
Chairman of ULVAC (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.September 2011 Director of the Company July 2012 Director and Executive Officer September 2013 Managing Executive Officer July 2015 Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company
Chairman of ULVAC (CHINA) HOLDING CO., LTD.September 2016 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company July 2017 President and ChiefExecutive Officer (curent position) -
What persons, other than the president, serve as directors?
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What is the average age of your employees?
The average age is 42.8 years (as of June 30, 2020).
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How many employees does your company have?
The number of employees is 1,333 for ULVAC, and 6,370 for the consolidated(as of June 30, 2020).
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Does your company have an employee stock ownership plan?
Yes, we do have an employee stock ownership plan.
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Does your company offer stock options?
We do not currently offer stock options, but this is a matter that our company plans to consider as a future possibility.
2. Description of Business
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How much does your company make in sales and profits?
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Please show me the breakdown of sales by segment.
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What are the features and advantages of ULVAC?
The features of ULVAC’s business are as follows.
(1) One of the world’s largest manufacturers of production equipment for Flat Panel Displays
(2) An company continuing to come out with the latest cutting edge technologies
(3) A business group providing comprehensive solutions with vacuum technologies forming the core -
Please tell me how many patents your company has applied for.
3. Management Policies and Philosophy
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Please tell me about the management policies of your company
ULVAC’s management policies consist of the following five items.
1. Enhancement of customer satisfaction
2. Innovation of manufacturing technologies
3. Development of original products
4. Free and open-minded organizations
5. Improvement in corporate value
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Please tell me about the management philosophy of your company.
The member companies of ULVAC Group cooperate and coordinate with one another to make comprehensive use of vacuum technologies and relevant peripheral technologies, thereby aiming to contribute to the development of industry and sciences.
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What areas does your company wish to emphasize in the future? What businesses and areas do you hope will expand?
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Is your company planning to expand into foreign countries?
At present, we have factories and business bases in countries such as the United States, Germany ,South Korea, Taiwan, China and Singapore. We will continue to extend business into growing regions.
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Please tell me about your disclosure policy.
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Please tell me what efforts your company is making in terms of compliance.
In September 2003, the ULVAC group formulated the “Enterprise Ethical Behavior Standard” comprising up to 18 items for the purpose of further promoting fair and high-transparency enterprise management. We are making efforts by focusing on the following: we are endeavoring to make sure that enterprise ethic will be promoted by observing this standard; we are aiming at future expansion of ULVAC and at growth of all executives and employees belonging to ULVAC
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I would like to know how your company is addressing environmental issues.
ULVAC regards the conservation of the global environment as one of the important tasks shared by humankind and gives consideration to environmental preservation in all aspects of business activities, thus contributing to making the earth comfortable to live in and to developing a prosperous society.
4. Accounts, Financial Affairs
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I would like to see data on the performance of your company, such as published documents on account settlement
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Please show me the track record of your company up to the most recent fiscal year
Please see those pages.
Financial highlights
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I would appreciate your mailing me data on IR
Please fill the mail form for a request.
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Does your company publish annual reports?
An English annual report is published.
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I would like to be informed about the past performance of your company
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Where should I look for the latest information on your account settlement?
5. Stocks
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When were the stocks of your company first listed in the market (the Tokyo Stock Exchange)
They were first listed on April 20, 2004
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In what market are the stocks listed? And what is the code?
They are listed in the first Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The code is 6728.
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Please inform me of the capital and the total number of stocks issued.
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I would like to be informed of the latest trends in your stock prices.
Jump to the outside of the Web site of "Nomura Stock Quote " and "Yahoo! Finance(Japanese Site) ". Please note the information on stock prices is 20 minutes behind.
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